and when you take off
in that eastern way aeroplane
i can't stop shaking
and crying
and holding myself
hoping that maybe you could be home
when i get back home
and i know
it's what you would rather do
than go back to school
but sometimes seeing you
is like pulling off a band-aid
when you go away
i just need you to go quick
and it burns more to hear me say that
than the thought of you leaving too soon
but in my mind
if you're leaving at all
then you're leaving too soon.
